title: Reduction in cardiac volume during chemoradiotherapy for patients with esophageal cancer.
abstract: We investigated the change in cardiac volume over the course of chemoradiotherapy in 26 patients treated for esophageal cancer, using cone beam CT imaging. The cardiac volume reduced significantly, with a median reduction of 8%. A significant relationship with planned cardiac dose was not found.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: l.j.lutkenhaus@amc.uva.nl.
authors.forename: Lotte J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Lutkenhaus
authors.forename: Martijn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamphuis
authors.forename: Niek
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: van Wieringen
authors.forename: Maarten C C M
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Hulshof
authors.forename: Arjan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002306:Cardiac Volume / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D059248:Chemoradiotherapy; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted
keywords: Cardiac volume; Chemoradiotherapy; Cone beam CT; Esophageal cancer